My 2 cents is that you should use the SDQ. Just be sure to give your partners plenty of time to work with the change. They will either integrate into their systems with the existing SDQ logic built in or they will come up with a creative way to make it work for both of you.
----- Original Message ---- From: Alice Raia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Cc: Jayne Gillette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:07:51 AM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] To SDQ or not SDQ... Oh My Goodness.... . A buyer that is taking in to consideration the impact on their suppliers... ...proactively. Hath hell frozen over ? :-) Thank you Jayne.... A. Raia Previously Burned Supplier Jayne Gillette <[EMAIL PROTECTED] partners. com> wrote: Dear Group: Due to the upcoming implementation (next summer) of a new merchandising system, we are reviewing the current format of our 850s and 860s (as well as several other EDI documents) to determine where changes are needed. Under the current system, we issue purchase orders with a unique PO number for each ship-to location (i.e., 1 PO number = 1 ship-to location). In the new world, the same purchase order number could be used for multiple ship-to locations. We know we could change our 850 / 860 EDI format to utilize the SDQ format like this: BEG segment: PO #12345 LIN segment: Item #ABC, Total Quantity 4000 SDQ segment: Ship-to Location 1, quantity 2000; Ship-to Location 2, quantity 1500; Ship-to Location 3, quantity 500 ...but, we are hoping to minimize the impact to our EDI trading partners as much as possible, so as not to jeopardize the go-live date for the new merchandising system. Since we do not currently issue SDQ-format 850s and 860s, we are considering sending the documents in the same EDI format we send today, which for the same order described above would look like this: 850 TRANSACTION #1: ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- - BEG segment: PO #12345 N1 segment: Ship-to Location 1 LIN segment: Item #ABC, Quantity 2000 850 TRANSACTION #2: ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- - BEG segment: PO #12345 (same PO number as transaction #1) N1 segment: Ship-to Location 2 LIN segment: Item #ABC, Quantity 1500 850 TRANSACTION #3: ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- - BEG segment: PO #12345 (same PO number as transactions #1 and #2) N1 segment: Ship-to Location 3 LIN segment: Item #ABC, Quantity 500 The EDI format is the same as what we send today, but the difference is the same purchase order number could now appear in multiple 850s / 860s, for individual ship-to locations. We are being told we really can't consider doing this because manufacturers can't process "duplicate" PO numbers such as that described above. Based on your experience / knowledge, is it true that "duplicate" PO numbers like this will cause major problems in manufacturers' order entry / shipping / invoicing / etc. systems? As always, thanks for all your help and advice! Jayne [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
